Sentences with phrase «centimetre like»

It has a density of 1.7 grams per cubic centimetre like Pluto's, but less than a third that of Earth.

Not exact matches

Place the dough ball between 2 parchment paper sheets and roll it until quite thin (I like mine no thicker than 1/2 centimetre).

The samples in Elsila's study came from four squares of aluminium foil, each about 1 centimetre across, that sat next to a lightweight sponge - like «aerogel» that was designed to capture dust from the comet's atmosphere, or coma.

Detailed amber fossils of wings from dinosaurs just 3.5 centimetres long suggest they flew like today's birds.

Sea pearl (Valonia ventricosa) Diameter: 5.1 centimetres Known as the sea pearl or sailor's eyeball, this hollow, water - filled green blob shines like glass underwater.

«There are only 1000 tiny cells in 1 cubic centimetre of sediment, so finding just one is literally like hunting for a needle in a haystack.»

The exterior walls are made of 50 - centimetre - thick reinforced concrete, while utility spaces on the bottom floor are compartmentalised in a radial formation for even stress distribution — rather like the spokes in a bicycle wheel.

Zhou's group examined 11 Jeholornis fossils with preserved tail feathers and found that four had both aerofoil - like fans up to 10 centimetres long at the base of their tail and frond - like tufts of feathers at the tips.

By BARRY FOX Later this year, a modified CD player, connected to a TV set, will deliver up to 74 minutes of moving video pictures from a 12 - centimetre disc that looks just like a conventional audio CD.

The Delhi Sands flower - loving fly is 2.5 centimetres long, lives in sand and feeds off flowers, hovering above them like a hummingbird.

«We know from the spacing of the footprint trackways and a belly - mark that it was around 600 centimetres across and 2 metres long, and was moving through the sand like an alligator,» says Tucker.

Kooteninchela deppi was approximately four centimetres long with an elongated trunk for a body and millipede - like legs, which it used to scuttle along the sea floor with the occasional short swim.

Inside the tumour, doctors found clumps of hair, and a 3 - centimetre - wide brain - like structure covered by a thin plate of skull bone.

Kerygmachela kierkegaardi, which lived 535 million years ago, was like a segmented worm 17.5 centimetres long.

I would like to strengthen my core as well as close the gap which is about 1.5 centimetres in width at the moment.»

I'm quite petite and I love that they give me a few extra centimetres in height I worn them a lot last summer and really like the used look they have now...

They're as comfortable as trainers, only better suited for higher temperatures, and obviously perfect for winning a few welcome centimetres if you're very averagely tall like me.

Breaking into the American cinemas by killing Apollo Creed in Rocky IV, the statueque and intimidating (standing at 196 centimetres and weighing in at 111.5 kilograms) Lundgren continued his barrage in the 80s with films like Red Scorpion, The Punisher and I Come in Peace.

Added to this, a score of 25 questions answered correctly does not have an obvious substantive meaning like 25 centimetres or 25 degrees Celsius.

The seating position is a little like being in a high - chair and the pedals are a bit light and floppy — until you try the brakes, at which point you'll find a lot of resistance somewhere a couple of centimetres into the travel, making for rather jerky approaches to corners.

Like the Altea, the XL allows the rear seats to be moved 14 centimetres forward, thereby increasing storage capacity to 635 litres - a gain of 100 litres of extra luggage space.

Firstly, in the numerous storage compartments which are located throughout the interior, but also in the small innovations like the luggage compartment cover which folds up at a single touch, the trays for the rear seats similar to those in a plane or the previously mentioned rear seat adjustment range of up to 16 centimetres.

The Panamera has only grown six millimetres in width, but it feels like several centimetres.

Not only will tactile design elements like foiling and embossing be lost, but design that looks incredible at 9» x 6» will be crunched and squashed down to a measly few centimetres.

Not that I know what driving a rally car's like - I'm not quite brave enough to strap myself into one of those machines for a 100mph tour of some of the finest countryside within centimetres of the scenery.

In fact, every new circuit in the game, including some of the older ones like the Nurburgring Nordschleife, have been updated using these techniques to make them centimetre accurate.

Nine of the works are arrestingly hung only centimetres apart in a horizontal line on a single wall, like Ellsworth Kelly's Spectrum V (1969).

Now 20 or 30 centimetres is enough to cause trouble on Pacific islands and densely populated river deltas like Bangladesh, but the real - world future will be worse.

He has produced muscle - like strips, each 2.5 centimetres long and 0.7 centimetres wide.»

Just like that — and out of nowhere — a car swerves into your path, missing you by centimetres.

For example, one dietician noted of her client that... her actual measurements have changed, like centimetres off her hips and waist have been really good» (Jane, Dietician).